>>The closest thing I remember the U.S. giving a sendoff like this was for Reagan, and Kennedy.
The Kennedys are a good example of why admiring famous families is a bad thing. Old Joe was pretty smart; his sons less so. Yet by being worshiped as “Irish Royalty”, compounded by JFK’s role as martyr, they continued to win political offices into the incompetent third generation.
Luckily, each generation tends to marry good looking, but not very bright, women. The merits of the fourth generation do not appear to be sufficient to keep any political power.
If they had been real royalty, we would have to put up with Kennedys in power indefinitely no matter how degenerate they became.
And why any conservative should welcome the resurrection of John Kennedy, Jr. is completely beyond me.
Admiration is fine if well placed. It's the worshipping or celebrating of politicians as royalty that is a bad thing.
Old Joe was an SOB. He had his daughter lobotomised so she wouldn’t embarrass the family. Didn’t even bother to tell his wife until after the fact.
Bastard.
It’s sad how we, in this country, have families like the Kennedys, Bidens, Obamas, and Clintons and they are treated like royalty. And certainly act like it.
Funny how they’re all democrats, isn’t it?